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{{infobox UK place
| country                   = England
| type                      = Town
| coordinates               = {{coord|53|25|43|N|02|48|23|W|display=inline,title}}
| official_name             = Prescot
| static_image_name         = St Mary's Church, Prescot.jpg
| static_image_caption      = St Mary's Church, Prescot
| population                = 11,184
| population_ref            = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]])<ref name=2001census />
| metropolitan_borough      = [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]]
| civil_parish              = Prescot
| metropolitan_county       = [[Merseyside]]
| region                    = North West England
| constituency_westminster  = [[Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley]]
| constituency_westminster1 = [[St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency)|St Helens South and Whiston]]
| post_town                 = PRESCOT
| postcode_district         = L34/L35
| postcode_area             = L
| dial_code                 = 0151
| os_grid_reference         = SJ4692
}}
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'''Prescot''' is a town and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] within the [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley]] in [[Merseyside]], [[United Kingdom]]. It lies about {{convert|8|mi|spell=in}} to the east of [[Liverpool city centre]]. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]], the civil parish population was 11,184 (5,265 males, 5,919 females).<ref name=2001census>{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790599&c=prescot&d=16&e=15&g=357983&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211835210468&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629064300/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=790599&c=prescot&d=16&e=15&g=357983&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211835210468&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=2001 Census: Prescot|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=26 May 2008}}</ref> The population of the larger Prescot East and West wards at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] totalled 14,139.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689381&c=Prescot&d=14&e=62&g=6349058&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452527574031&enc=1 |title= Prescot East Ward population 2011 |access-date= 11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689382&c=Prescot&d=14&e=62&g=6348960&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1452527616250&enc=1|title=Prescot West Ward population 2011|access-date=11 January 2015}}</ref>
Prescot marks the beginning of the [[A58 road]] which runs through to [[Wetherby]], near [[Leeds]] in [[West Yorkshire]]. The town is served by [[Prescot railway station]] and [[Eccleston Park railway station]] in neighbouring [[Eccleston, St Helens|Eccleston]].